Folding perambulator



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Patented Aug. 7, 1945 UNITED s'm'rlzs` vPATENT oF-Flcl;y

FOLDING PERAMBULATOR Lawrence Eugene Little, Epsom, England Application March 24, 1944, Serial No. 527,889 In Great Britain August 14, 1942 3 Claims.

This invention has been designed to provide a convenient form of portable perambulator. The

collapsible or may be removable. The perambulator can in this way be of pleasing and substantially normal appearance when set up for use,

while in a typical case it will fold into a width of a foot or less with all the parts within or substantially within the contour of the sides. I'he above and other parts of the invention are embodied in a typical form to be described with reference to the. accompanying drawings. The

parts for which a patent is desired are those delimited by the claims.

In the drawings: Flg. 1 is a perspective view of the perambulator set up for use,

Figs. 2, 3 and 4 are respectively a side elevation, an end view and a plan of the same in folded condition,

Fig. 5 is a view of the lb'ody cut away to show the :door and seat construction,

Fig. 6 showsthe same partially folded and Figs; 7 and 8 are enlarged partly sectional side and rear elevations of the wheel springing., f

Figs. 1 and 5 show the almost normal appearance when set up for use. sides l-jgiined by foldable end sections. Each end sectionaonsists of narrow inward anges 2 on the sides I to -which are hinged the end panels 3, 4, 3, hinged to one another so that the ends are rigid when straightened out as in Figures 1 and 5, and

folded as in Figure 6. 'I'he centre panels 4 are in telescopic (used broadly) relationship to another, that is slide together or apart, being mounted to'- gether with the central angularor L shapepart 5 constituting a seat section to slide on a tubular longitudinal member 6. The side sections of the The body .has rigid sented by blocks I0 can engage the tube 6 locking the assembly. To cover the well when desiredremovable slats II may be used. Thus to fold the body, the slats Il (if used) are removed, the

plates 1, 8 and 9 folded up and the panels 4' pushed towards one another, until the parts are all neatly enclosed between the side panels I as these approach one another. l

Loosel upholstery I2 may be secured by press studs I3rif desired and thetube 6 may serve as an `umbrella holder. l

The body may, however, be formed to collapse laterally in many other ways in accordance with the main ideas underlying the invention.

v The handle I4 is pivoted to the sides I and may collapse, for example, by one side telescoping into the grip I5.` The hood may be removed, or may fold about hinges at I6 in the hoop as indicated at Figs. 3 and 4.

The wheels 17 are independent/ly mounted and sprung. For each wheel, one part of a detachable ball and socket connection I8 is secured about midway up the perambulator body and a bracket I9, formingone part of an instantly detachable fastening, at or near the bottom. The wheel hub is mounted on a stub axle 20 carried by a bracket l2| at the bottom of a telescopic axle post 22 housing'A a short and rather powerful spring '23 adjusted to the weight and alarger spring 24 to take road shocks. At the top of the axle post is the second part of the ball and socket connection I8. Secured to the lower end of the upper member of the axle post 22 is a bracket 25 which forms the second part of the instantly detachable fastening, being held to the bracket I9 by a'spring loaded anchor pin 26. Brackets 2| and 25 are both extended to give leverage for `keeping the Wheel in permanentv alignment, the bracket 2I carrying a guide post 2'I having an adjustable stop 28. The post 21 is slidable in the bracket 25 or a part carried thereby while the stop 28 cooperating with the bracket 25 limits the upward movement of the body. The axle posts 22 are arranged to 'seat are formed of plates 1, 8 hinged together and to the bottom ofthe well, so as to fold as indicated in Fig. 6. The bottom of the well is formed of plates 9 hinged to the side `panels' and meeting at vthe .longitudinal centre line. Means, repreprovide front and back pairs for the wheels I1 in which the back wheels have a wider track than the frontv wheels. It will be clear that by withdrawing the anchor pins 26 the assembly can be freed at the bottom and` either withdrawn completely at the joint IB or swung round so that the wheels overlap alongside the sides of the body as 'shown at Figs; 2 to 4.

I claim:

l. A perambulator including a collapsible body comprising A rigid sides, ioldable end sections hingedly connected with the sides, a longitudinal tions respectively to combine with said rst seat sections to complete the seats.

2. A perambulator as setv forth in claim 1, wherein each of said rst seat sections is L shape.

3. A perambulator as set forth in claim 1, and a telescopic handle whose opposite ends are connected with said sides respectively.

LAWRENCE EUGENE 

